Friend not sharing discount?

I think you're annoyed @KellyJellyfish because your choice was removed from you by your friend not telling you your ticket would be full price before she booked it.
I would be too I think. Especially when you could have got your own discount via your H.

In cinemas near me you can take your own snacks and drinks in.
Having watched a programme where it said the bag the popcorn goes in is more expensive to the establishment (less than a penny at that time) I haven't bought popcorn in a cinema since!!

If her free ticket was dependent on one full price ticket she should defo have split the cost

text her saying that you thought you would split the cost, but no probs, she can get the popcorn :D

I'd see this whole situation differently.

You didn't do what you said you would and ask your oh about tickets so there was no certainly about discount. If you weren't even able to communicate with your husband the liklihood of you getting around to getting the discount code then booking the tickets with a short deadline seems remote. Let alone the back and forth discussion needed to endure you book seats next to each other at the same time.

It's a good sign of friendship that she wanted to go ahead and get the tickets booked to ensure the trip went ahead successfully.

I'd be grateful that she took the initiative.

I recently booked tickets for an event with a friend. I paid ticket price plus an unfairly large booking fee. My friend paid for her ticket but not half the free. She knows I'm far less well off than her but I think it was probably just not thinking and she's a really valuable friend so I wouldn't think of mentioning it.

Agree. Whenever I’ve got BOGOF or discount vouchers and invite a friend, we split the bill. I don’t just tuck into a free meal and expect them to pay full price. Surely that’s normal practice?

Maybe it was a cheap enough lesson at the price. May save Op more in the long run as won’t presume the other person is not just out for themselves.

Blimey, over 3 or 4 quid.

I would text back asking why she booked for you full price when she knew you could get 40% discount. She needs to feel awkward for this, don't brush it under the carpet.

Don’t argue over £4.

So, @Lalalol , I presume your free ticket is not a pay for one and get one free type. Fair enough if that is the case.

However, why did the op’s friend then go and deprive the op of their own discount by landing them with a full price ticket when they knew op could get one with 40% off. Op could just as easily have insisted, ‘I’ll pay’ and purchased two full price tickets. Or only hers at the 40% discount, thereby landing the other person with the bill for their ticket at full price.

god what a miserly way to be.

sorry OP see if she can get the refund and you can use the 60% off. if i knew my mate was on limited funds the last I would do is split if I had a free ticket. But i'd probably just pay for them as i'm not a cow and can afford it. If i couldn't i would split it or invite someone i know can afford it or go on my own.

I'd probably split the cost of the free ticket so both parties paid half, but I don't think it's an obvious one and wouldn't be too offended if someone didn't do this. Is she usually a kind and generous person, if so I wouldn't give it another thought. If she has form for being stingy or mean it may grate on me as part of a pattern.

I think you are unreasonable to get upset over a £10 cinema ticket. Especially as you told your friend you were not sure if your DH still got this perk or not then forgot to get DH to book it.

I’ve got a limitless card which I pay for every month. It amazes me that friends assume I’ll share this perk with them and only take half the price of their ticket if I book both. I’ve paid for this perk, same as your friend has inadvertently paid for hers via the bank account or whatever

you should have booked the tickets separately

I'm with you on this, OP. It wouldn't occur to me to do what your friend did. Especially as money is tight for you and it's a rare outing.

I have a friend I regularly go to the theatre and cinema with, and if one of us gets a discount on one ticket we put the 2 together ( full price + discounted ticket) and split the cost. Isn't friendship about sharing?

I would be tempted to deliberately misunderstand and send half the money. Then say you assumed she sent the full price ticket so you could work out the 50%.

Was it a voucher for a free ticket or was it a voucher for "buy one get one free". If it's the latter then she's really taking the piss.
If it's the former then it's more of a grey area. I would have shared with you and split 50:50 but I appreciate not everyone is like that.
I think she should have given you the chance to book your own ticket with the 40% off rather than just going ahead with the booking and you now having to pay for a full price ticket and I would say something to her.
Hey friend, I'm glad you were able to get a free ticket but I really would have appreciated the chance to then book my ticket with my husband's discount because money is a bit tight at the moment so the 40% discount would have been helpful, so if it does happen again just let me know and I can book separately.

I would expect a real friend to go 50/50 as that is what I would do for them.

I think that's a bit I'm alright Jack of her . Mean spirited

Fair enough, she should have done that.

I would feel exactly as you do, no wonder you didn't check, anyone would assume that you would split the discount. She is clearly one of life's takers who we read about on MN and who I am always grateful I don't know irl.

Poor show from your friend who is obviously as tight as a gnats chuff in the rainy season.

Going against the grain here but I don't think it's strange that she didn't share the free one (although of course it would have been nice if she had). She had one voucher for a free ticket. She could have used it on the trip with you or on another occasion, but it's a single use thing. It's not equivalent to your discount which sounds like it's unlimited use. You sharing your discount would have cost you nothing, but her sharing her voucher would mean she's subsidising you.

I don't understand people blaming you for not getting the 40% off. If your friend got a free ticket then sharing that cost would be 50% off for both of you - so the better deal.

I wouldn't ever use that kind of discount without splitting the benefits. I understand perhaps if you're really struggling and couldn't afford to go any other way.

Friend is a cheeky fucker, and those who are on her side on this thread are just as bad. I can not imagine taking something free and not sharing that with my friend.